None of what you often see in boxers. "Day nebba shudda stop dat fight. I haddim ware I wanned him. Hey, where am I?" MMA even claims to be easier on the brain than boxing. Attacks are head-to-toe, so the head doesn't take the full brunt. And the refs move in quick when you're down.

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It explains the evolution from niche slaughter to mainstream phenom, plus the nuts and bolts of the sport. (A "single plum clinch" is not as painful as it sounds.)

The kinder, gentler UFC now uses light gloves and has more rules than the royal family.

And an army of young men, and a few women, itching for it to be legal in Ontario.

"It's like being an NFL team and never playing at home," says Danny Beauclerc, 28, a fighter/actor. "You're always in hostile territory, the crowd is always with the Quebec or Calgary or American fighter."